Auger Clean out
- Inspect auger for any foreign material, remove with shopvac
- Engage auger and run for 1-2 minutes to ensure all material has been removed.
- Flush auger with organic crop, and dispose of any contaminated product.
1. Ensure blower is unplugged, then remove blower from diffuser manifold.
2. Remove filter sleeve from diffuser manifold.
3. Turn filter sleeve inside-out, discarding contents to ground.
4. Hang filter sleeve and rinse with garden hose.
5. Open tote drain, allowing residual water to drain to ground.
6. Using garden hose, flush excess dirt off of diffuser manifold. Leave filter sleeve hanging to air dry.
7. Remove diffuser manifold and place upright on ground.
8. Using garden hose, flush inside of diffuser manifold while tilting it back and forth. Continue until clear water flows from all perforations.
9. Using garden hose, flush any remaining silt and particles from tote. Residue clinging to tote surface will remain.
10. Using pressure washer, scrub remaining residue from tote surfaces and the diffuser manifold.
11. Using garden hose, flush tote until water remaining in tote is clear.
Note: In this procedure the terms "OFFLINE" and "ONLINE" refer exclusively to flow paths controlled by valve positioning, and DO NOT refer to pump operation in any instance.
1. Ensure PTO pump is OFF. OPEN drains, allowing most fluid to drain from sprayer.
2. Flush inside of sprayer tank, allowing an additional 25 - 50 gallons of water to drain from sprayer.
3. Open filter canister.
4. Remove poly-mesh filter sleeve and metal strainer.
5. Turn poly-mesh filter sleeve inside out and hang it up securely. Rinse both filter sleeve and metal strainer.
6. Rinse the inside of the filter canister until clean water flows freely from its bottom drain.
7. Close and secure filter canister lid.
8. SHUT drains. Place agitation OFFLINE. Place valves feeding sprayer booms ONLINE. Ensure booms are deployed.
9. Add approximately 50 gallons of water to sprayer tank.
10. After ensuring booms are deployed and boom feed lines are ONLINE, START PTO pump and spray through boom spray nozzles for 2 minutes.
11. STOP PTO pump.
12. After stopping PTO pump, place sprayer boom feed lines OFFLINE, and place agitation ONLINE.
13. Again, add approximately 50 gallons of water to the sprayer tank.
14. After ensuring agitation is ONLINE and boom feed is OFFLINE, START PTO pump and allow water in tank to agitate approximately 2 minutes.
14. STOP PTO pump.
15. Once the PTO pump is OFF, OPEN drains, and OPEN boom feed valve line-up, allowing most fluid to drain from sprayer.
16. Stow booms.